[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17246]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 17, 1997, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. et al., 
Civil No. 95-75842, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Michigan. This Consent Decree resolves 
claims against twenty-two (22) parties (``Settling Parties'') under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA'') relating to the 
Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site'') in Erie, 
Michigan.
    The Consent Decree requires the twenty-two (22) Settling Parties to 
reimburse the Superfund in the amount of $950,000 for the United 
States' past costs incurred in conducting a removal action at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v. 
Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1070.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 817 Federal Building, 
231 West Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan 48226, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17246 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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